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RE: Bruce, Simmo and Heidi trip and live travel map - humbussa - 21-09-2008
grantg Wrote:i had a ZZR1100 before the Busa and was cosidering the ZX14 but it was the Busa that got the nod...thanks Mate stay well!!humbussa Wrote:BLACKZOOK Wrote:Sorry GrantG.....no offence intended!!! but you asked for itarthur dunga Wrote:" ZX14 The peoples choice" Don't know who's crack your sniffing Pal, but this is a BUSA site.
No offence intended Aurthur but pull your f*&^ing head in. Grant is a mate of mine who is putting all of us up at his house. He sent his wife on a 2 hour round trip drive to get us oil so we can service our bikes at his house, His wife is preparing us a baked dinner for sunday night and he has taken Monday off work to guide us thru the south west of WA.
Grant is broard mined enough not to care what bike people ride more to judge the person on himself. Pity others are not as broard minded on this site.
All that and the poor bastard is stuck riding a shitbox kawasakiSorry about the quacka!!!
no probs, unfortunely i tried to buy a bus, i was insulted with tradein
price on a tl1000s & gsf 1200, couldn't even get a test ride on a second hand one. one of the shops had 2 07s & a 06 anyone of i
would have been happy with. this was july 07 &d i din'nt mined the 06;
ya think they would have wanted to get rid older stock. the 00(i think) was in the copper, now they the best. anyway i went around the corner and got the price i wanted for my bike, thank god it wasn't
a yammie shop, call in if ever over. hopefully i getover there soon and look forward to being introduced around stay upright guys
RE: Bruce, Simmo and Heidi trip and live travel map - Ruffy - 21-09-2008
Will be taking an early morning "flight" to Canberra on Saturday - anyone else is welcome to get on board
Cheers Ruffy
RE: Bruce, Simmo and Heidi trip and live travel map - pan - 21-09-2008
grantg Wrote:hopefully i getover there soon and look forward to being introduced around stay upright guys
Grant, just follow Heidi and the boys back. It can't be that far...
RE: Bruce, Simmo and Heidi trip and live travel map - bear - 21-09-2008
Well, I just met the travellers arriving in Perth.
They copped the worse spell of weather today the poor bastards! They've had rain and wind and freezing cold temps since Geraldton.
Still they looked in fine form and I managed to ride with them around Perth's bypass system and point them towards Collie where they will stay for the night.
Just getting photos ready, will post links soon.
RE: Bruce, Simmo and Heidi trip and live travel map - bear - 21-09-2008
I give up, the bloody forum throws me off every time I post a link to Photobucket!
RE: Bruce, Simmo and Heidi trip and live travel map - heidissista - 21-09-2008
Heid, I told my friends over the weekend what you are up to at the moment. They all think you are deranged and are happy to make a guard of honor with all our company cars as you head into Melbourne. Just think how cool you three would look, with an escort of 20+ sales reps guiding you in in their Camrys and Aurions... it would finally give you some STREET CRED baby!!!
RE: Bruce, Simmo and Heidi trip and live travel map - pan - 21-09-2008
bear Wrote:I give up, the bloody forum throws me off every time I post a link to Photobucket!
Ian, email them to me if you like. I'm sending you an SMS...
RE: Bruce, Simmo and Heidi trip and live travel map - DjPete - 22-09-2008
heidissista Wrote:Heid, I told my friends over the weekend what you are up to at the moment. They all think you are deranged and are happy to make a guard of honor with all our company cars as you head into Melbourne. Just think how cool you three would look, with an escort of 20+ sales reps guiding you in in their Camrys and Aurions... it would finally give you some STREET CRED baby!!!if u r for real that is a great idea
RE: Bruce, Simmo and Heidi trip and live travel map - Heidi1 - 22-09-2008
You're all just getting silly now.
Tonight's blog will be quick, today was the hardest day we've had. Only a little over 1000kms, but we did it hard. We pulled into Collie at 9.30pm WA time (11.30pm EST) after battling gale force winds, driving freezing rain and some local colour in a very small town.
We left Canarvon this morning before dawn and rode into the cold morning. Because we had been in Broome the day before, we assumed t would warm up soon enough.
We pulled through two fuel stops, and at about the 450km mark, Simmo's fuel cannister decided to make a break for freedom so he and I pulled over while Bruce kept going in the lead. We occy strapped the cannister up and hit the road again just to pass Bruce a km up the road where he had pulled over to wait. We kept going, but I kept an eye on the rear vision mirror for him. He ddn't appear in a reasonable time, so after a while I pulled over and waited. His lights appeared so I pulled onto the road and kept going. A km later he'd disappeared again, so I pulled over then turned around and went back.
Tootling up the road at 80kms/hr with the hazards blazing was Bruce. His rack had sheared off, swinging his luggage around and nearly throwing the bike up the road. He'd done a remarkable bodgy job with gaffa and a screwdriver. Mine had also started to crack, so we had to find a welder on a Sunday in a VERY small country town. Bruce and I found a guy working in his shed, so we called in on the off-chance. He couldn't weld, but he might have a mate who could. He hopped in his ute and took off up the road. A while later (after Simmo reappeared), he came back and sent us up to the Shell servo up the road. The Shell couldn’t help us, so while the boys were trying to work out what to do, I rode up to the BP to see if they had any ideas. The owner pointed out the footie was on this arvo, so no-one was home (go the Rams), bt if I wanted to give it a go, I could turn left at the hospital, go a km down the road, turn left at the empty corner block and into the dirt paddock with the truck in the middle and ask for Pete.
I followed the excellent set of instructions and found the shed with the truck and a bloke who was gob-smacked to find a huge black bike in his dirt paddock. He nearly turned himself inside out when he worked out I wasn’t a dude. I asked for Pete and got sent around the back to two guys, neither one of which wanted to weld out gear racks. I pointed out it was a safety issue and that we were prepared to pay. Finally the quiet one was dobbed in and he told me to follow him back to his house. ‘You know where live? He asked? ‘Ah, no’ replied.
I followed him down a dirt road, left, right, across the main street, a bit more dirt and we were in a large dirt garage shed. I rang the boys and told them where I was and to not muck around in getting over in case my new mate changed his mind. He did a brilliant job and at the end when we asked how much he wanted, he said ‘$10?’ We gave him $20.
Having lost three hours, we were considerably behind, but them we hit the gale force winds and driving rain. Bruce nearly had te front wheel blown out from under him a few times and the bikes were hopping and skipping all over the road, almost uncontrollable. We lost a lot of time wresting the bikes through the weather until our necks and arms were like jelly. Simmo was leading, and I saw a huge road train heading for us throwing out a two story wall of water. I saw Simmo disappear into the wall of water and knew I was next. I figured if he didn't get through, I'd be wearing him as earings.
Hitting Perth, the weather was still shit, but we got met at the outskirts by Bear on his big black busa. He took us on a spirited ride along the freeway, but he forgot Perth is the first city we’ve seen since Sydney and we haven’t seen traffic in a while. He lost us several times, we were menaced by cars, it was really quite odd. Bruce roadraged someone who was doing 70 in an 80 zone and had a serious talk to a lady who was tailgating us in a very unsafe manner. She wont take on four bikes again in a hurry.
The last over 200kms was a bastard, cold and dark and did I mention cold. There was nearly a mutiny, Simmo and I were about to leave Bruce on the side of the road wrapped in his tarp, when we hit the turn off to Collie.
Grant and Tina have fed us and let us use their shower (brave people). We are now sitting in the shed about to have some drinks. Photos tomorow.
RE: Bruce, Simmo and Heidi trip and live travel map - DjPete - 22-09-2008
unbelievable stories.
I thought it would get easier as you came down away from the dust and heat...
mmmm.
Well you have traveled more than half way around Australia in a week.
With an amazing story almost every day.
Simply incredible.
RE: Bruce, Simmo and Heidi trip and live travel map - Andycool - 22-09-2008
I am just glad you guys are still safe !!
Those road trains sound like a Harrowing experience and I too, thought that the weather wouldnt be too bad around Perth.
$20 for welding your racks was a good deal I think and it sounds like you are meeting some interesting characters in the process...
I am sure those country people are going back to their families and the local cops and said they met three people from outer space..
Maybe from the planet "BUSA"
Andrew
RE: Bruce, Simmo and Heidi trip and live travel map - pan - 22-09-2008
Heck, I'm going to Perth if I need anything welded from now on!
RE: Bruce, Simmo and Heidi trip and live travel map - bear - 22-09-2008
OK, I'm having a go from work to post links.
At home it's a Mac here it's a PC, who knows....
RE: Bruce, Simmo and Heidi trip and live travel map - DjPete - 22-09-2008
about time we saw their ugly heads (Heidi excluded of course)
RE: Bruce, Simmo and Heidi trip and live travel map - pan - 22-09-2008
Do the bikes look a little too clean, or is it just me?
I think they're still in Western Sydney going from pub to pub, and probably emailed a couple of photos of themselves on the side of Windsor Road to Bear and told him to post them...
I don't believe you three. I want to see LANDMARKS! Post photos of LANDMARKS dammit!
